Bournemouth Pairs 2015 - Results

[BB Warrior]

Unfortunately Dave Alder unable to attend the event due to work commitments and I am running the admin desk.

I will try to update the results as the weekend goes on on this thread.

[BB Warrior]

The first matches of the day now completed.

Phil Collins gets the day off to a flying start with a table play-out of 23,110 at 10am.

Most of the other scores much lower and a couple of early shocks with tipsters choices falling in the first round.

	Round 1 - 64
	Players	Game 1	Game 2	Total
10.00	Ernie Jordan & Ray Hussey	800	5820	6620
Table 1	Chris Newson & Chrissie Newson	3060	290	3350
10.00	Leon Beer & Phil Collins	23110	11750	34860
Table 2	Tony Willis & John Bamsey	0	3060	3060
10.45	Kevin Stoner & Bella Stoner	370	1090	1460
Table 1	Paul Sainsbury & Bernie McCluskey	9820	5470	15290
10.45	Merv Yearwood & Syl Murphy	2260	1850	4110
Table 2	Ron Britton & Dave Mitchell	950	2890	3840
10.00	Pete Sainsbury & Mike Callanan	3370	7850	11220
Table 3	Karen Lord & Lana Stoner	1610	0	1610
10.00	Cliff Slade & Richard Hawes	2390	3640	6030
Table 4	Hayley Tunstall & Norman Wilkinson	3210	910	4120
10.45	Jenny Parsons & Mel Standbridge	2150	4070	6220
Table 3	Chris Saville & Tony Martin	3690	2460	6150
10.45	Joe Oakley & Chris Oakley	3550	980	4530
Table 4	Keith Sheard & Pauline Withey	7430	9340	16770
10.00	Tom Oliver & Luke Oliver	3280	1790	5070
Table 5	Sandra Hall & Lorraine Hall	4500	4180	8680
10.00	Brian Richards & Steve Aylmore	4210	5120	9330
Table 6	Jean Brackenridge & Alan Brackenridge	3550	3110	6660
10.45	Bill Keenan & Roger Bowen	8590	90	8680
Table 5	Geoff Jukes & Dennis Atkins	4340	9610	13950
10.45	Andy Farmer-Wright & Ros Appleby	1540	1610	3150
Table 6	D J Robins & Darren Robins	1640	1070	2710
10.00	Tony Jenner & Rick Cunningham	5490	4790	10280
Table 7	Stuart Mepham & Martin Cole	1810	680	2490
10.00	Dave Tooke & Phil Hawkins	5370	8760	14130
Table 8	Andy Haines & John Smith	2840	770	3610
10.45	Gary Mechan & Bob Mechan	0	1790	1790
Table 7	Steve Allard & Sue Allard	3950	2650	6600
10.45	Steven Sheard & Pete Phillips	4710	5400	10110
Table 8	Bill Trinder & Will Trinder	2310	1810	4120

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Second half of Round 1 matches....

11.30	Phil Osborne & Colin Southouse	750	7520	8270
Table 1	Curt Driver & Mark Brewster	8790	2740	11530
11.30	Roy Le Page & Terry Kenny	2570	1180	3750
Table 2	Jeff Spenser & Ralph Hodgson	1770	1250	3020
12.15	Stephen Coleman & Mike Daw	7680	3770	11450
Table 1	Colleen Park & Bob Le Moignan	870	1250	2120
12.15	John Kitson & Matthew Jones	8420	300	8720
Table 2	Dave Ingram & Henry Brooks	170	10120	10290
11.30	Doug Carswell & Leigh Ross	3590	810	4400
Table 3	Terry Isard & Darren Isard	5720	12030	17750
11.30	Myra Hawkins & Janet Burns	1760	3140	4900
Table 4	Sue Haberman & Amanda Felstead	2200	1960	4160
12.15	Craig Carlson & Derek Latham	2640	1710	4350
Table 3	Pete Soanes & Andy Skinner	4580	1320	5900
12.15	Darren Ogier & Ian Champion	2690	3110	5800
Table 4	Sean Stratford & Nicki Stratford	1260	3240	4500
11.30	Peter Godden & Andy Godden	400	2410	2810
Table 5	Dave Nielan & John Burch	5990	1890	7880
11.30	Chris Richards & Nikki Oakley	1600	1870	3470
Table 6	Caroline Gower & Sarah Cooper	250	300	550
12.15	Adam Ingram & Danielle Chewings	500	2220	2720
Table 5	Geoff Powell & Max Dick	3080	7630	10710
12.15	Doug Dawson & Michelle Baden	6540	3150	9690
Table 6	Brian Dawkins & Mick Gibbons	1700	2490	4190
11.30	Colin Martin & Terry Girard	2120	4840	6960
Table 7	Andy Burns & Keith Lewendon	4130	0	4130
11.30	Jim Thomson & Tony Britten	1380	1080	2460
Table 8	Nigel Senior & Marcus Chipman	4110	9230	13340
12.15	Kevin Hall & Kevin Tunstall	10750	5140	15890
Table 7	Dawn Jordan & Sue Atkins	530	2100	2630
12.15	Bert Lovegrove & Paul Butcher	2030	1190	3220
Table 8	Simon Coleman & Damien Coates	3310	6960	10270

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Round 2 match results....

	Round 2 - Last 32
	Players	Game 1	Game 2	Total
1.00	Ernie Jordan & Ray Hussey	100	3660	3760
Table 3	Leon Beer & Phil Collins	18260	6960	25220
1.00	Paul Sainsbury & Bernie McCluskey	4520	14010	18530
Table 4	Merv Yearwood & Syl Murphy	2640	0	2640
1.00	Pete Sainsbury & Mike Callanan	2510	5900	8410
Table 1	Cliff Slade & Richard Hawes	1890	1220	3110
1.00	Jenny Parsons & Mel Standbridge	100	1940	2040
Table 2	Keith Sheard & Pauline Withey	16750	15300	32050
1.00	Sandra Hall & Lorraine Hall	950	1660	2610
Table 7	Brian Richards & Steve Aylmore	3470	2000	5470
1.00	Geoff Jukes & Dennis Atkins	7210	7190	14400
Table 8	Andy Farmer-Wright & Ros Appleby	1090	1820	2910
1.00	Tony Jenner & Rick Cunningham	2870	6700	9570
Table 5	Dave Tooke & Phil Hawkins	2270	0	2270
1.00	Steve Allard & Sue Allard	4420	1890	6310
Table 6	Steven Sheard & Pete Phillips	980	7240	8220
1.45	Curt Driver & Mark Brewster	11340	11760	23100
Table 3	Roy Le Page & Terry Kenny	1430	1340	2770
1.45	Stephen Coleman & Mike Daw	5380	1540	6920
Table 4	Dave Ingram & Henry Brooks	3230	7130	10360
1.45	Terry Isard & Darren Isard	830	1540	2370
Table 1	Myra Hawkins & Janet Burns	2420	1650	4070
1.45	Pete Soanes & Andy Skinner	4960	2700	7660
Table 2	Darren Ogier & Ian Champion	5030	4710	9740
1.45	Dave Nielan & John Burch	2990	2310	5300
Table 7	Chris Richards & Nikki Oakley	610	1050	1660
1.45	Geoff Powell & Max Dick	2780	8920	11700
Table 8	Doug Dawson & Michelle Baden	2960	740	3700
1.45	Colin Martin & Terry Girard	800	1640	2440
Table 5	Nigel Senior & Marcus Chipman	11520	2540	14060
1.45	Kevin Hall & Kevin Tunstall	10100	6420	16520
Table 6	Simon Coleman & Damien Coates	1140	0	1140

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Plate Round 1 - first series results shown below....

	Plate Round 1 - Last 32
	Players	Game 1	Game 2	Total
2.30	Chris Newson & Chrissie Newson	4320	3430	7750
Table 4	Tony Willis & John Bamsey	2390	1540	3930
2.30	Kevin Stoner & Bella Stoner	1700	1240	2940
Table 3	Ron Britton & Dave Mitchell	3260	3490	6750
2.30	Karen Lord & Lana Stoner	1020	660	1680
Table 2	Hayley Tunstall & Norman Wilkinson	4350	5640	9990
2.30	Chris Saville & Tony Martin	4940	4430	9370
Table 1	Joe Oakley & Chris Oakley	1710	2930	4640
2.30	Tom Oliver & Luke Oliver	2520	2270	4790
Table 8	Jean Brackenridge & Alan Brackenridge	3200	5930	9130
2.30	Bill Keenan & Roger Bowen	2170	6730	8900
Table 7	D J Robins & Darren Robins	3320	1060	4380
2.30	Stuart Mepham & Martin Cole	6900	6460	13360
Table 6	Andy Haines & John Smith	2800	1050	3850
2.30	Gary Mechan & Bob Mechan	2900	2760	5660
Table 5	Bill Trinder & Will Trinder	960	1030	1990

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Plate Round 1 - second series results....

3.15	Phil Osborne & Colin Southouse	3020	5430	8450
Table 4	Jeff Spenser & Ralph Hodgson	980	550	1530
3.15	Colleen Park & Bob Le Moignan	1520	4460	5980
Table 3	John Kitson & Matthew Jones	3730	1430	5160
3.15	Doug Carswell & Leigh Ross	4470	4600	9070
Table 2	Sue Haberman & Amanda Felstead	690	980	1670
3.15	Craig Carlson & Derek Latham	7970	4730	12700
Table 1	Sean Stratford & Nicki Stratford	1150	1610	2760
3.15	Peter Godden & Andy Godden	1750	1920	3670
Table 8	Caroline Gower & Sarah Cooper	700	660	1360
3.15	Adam Ingram & Danielle Chewings	1880	3140	5020
Table 7	Brian Dawkins & Mick Gibbons	1880	1990	3870
3.15	Andy Burns & Keith Lewendon	3380	8450	11830
Table 6	Jim Thomson & Tony Britten	3750	1550	5300
3.15	Dawn Jordan & Sue Atkins	3050	2170	5220
Table 5	Bert Lovegrove & Paul Butcher	850	4760	5610

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Plate Round 2 Results

	Plate Round 2 - Last 16
	Players	Game 1	Game 2	Total
4.00	Chris Newson & Chrissie Newson	900	460	1360
Table 5	Ron Britton & Dave Mitchell	5490	2180	7670
4.00	Hayley Tunstall & Norman Wilkinson	1160	720	1880
Table 6	Chris Saville & Tony Martin	12050	4110	16160
4.00	Jean Brackenridge & Alan Brackenridge	5100	5570	10670
Table 1	Bill Keenan & Roger Bowen	2110	0	2110
4.00	Stuart Mepham & Martin Cole	15780	11010	26790
Table 2	Gary Mechan & Bob Mechan	210	310	520
4.00	Phil Osborne & Colin Southouse	8930	5310	14240
Table 7	Colleen Park & Bob Le Moignan	1340	1950	3290
4.00	Doug Carswell & Leigh Ross	2200	1840	4040
Table 8	Craig Carlson & Derek Latham	3210	3800	7010
4.00	Peter Godden & Andy Godden	2390	1330	3720
Table 3	Adam Ingram & Danielle Chewings	2030	2610	4640
4.00	Andy Burns & Keith Lewendon	2450	1460	3910
Table 4	Bert Lovegrove & Paul Butcher	1520	4130	5650

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Main Competition - Draw for Last 16

	Round 3 - Last 16
	Players	Game 1	Game 2	Total
SUN 10.30	Leon Beer & Phil Collins	0	0	0
Table 5	Paul Sainsbury & Bernie McCluskey	0	0	0
SUN 10.30	Pete Sainsbury & Mike Callanan	0	0	0
Table 6	Keith Sheard & Pauline Withey	0	0	0
SUN 10.30	Brian Richards & Steve Aylmore	0	0	0
Table 1	Geoff Jukes & Dennis Atkins	0	0	0
SUN 10.30	Tony Jenner & Rick Cunningham	0	0	0
Table 2	Steven Sheard & Pete Phillips	0	0	0
SUN 10.30	Curt Driver & Mark Brewster	0	0	0
Table 7	Dave Ingram & Henry Brooks	0	0	0
SUN 10.30	Myra Hawkins & Janet Burns	0	0	0
Table 8	Darren Ogier & Ian Champion	0	0	0
SUN 10.30	Dave Nielan & John Burch	0	0	0
Table 3	Geoff Powell & Max Dick	0	0	0
SUN 10.30	Nigel Senior & Marcus Chipman	0	0	0
Table 4	Kevin Hall & Kevin Tunstall	0	0	0

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Plate Competition - Quarter-Final Draw

	Plate Quarter Finals
	Players	Game 1	Game 2	Total
SUNDAY
11.15	Ron Britton & Dave Mitchell	0	0	0
Table 8	Chris Saville & Tony Martin	0	0	0
11.15	Jean Brackenridge & Alan Brackenridge	0	0	0
Table 4	Stuart Mepham & Martin Cole	0	0	0
11.15	Phil Osborne & Colin Southouse	0	0	0
Table 6	Craig Carlson & Derek Latham	0	0	0
11.15	Adam Ingram & Danielle Chewings	0	0	0
Table 1	Bert Lovegrove & Paul Butcher	0	0	0

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Play resumed this morning at 10.30am with the Last 16 of the Main Competition....

	Round 3 - Last 16
	Players	Game 1	Game 2	Total
SUN 10.30	Leon Beer & Phil Collins	1580	18690	20270
Table 5	Paul Sainsbury & Bernie McCluskey	14240	0	14240
SUN 10.30	Pete Sainsbury & Mike Callanan	5500	11390	16890
Table 6	Keith Sheard & Pauline Withey	7300	160	7460
SUN 10.30	Brian Richards & Steve Aylmore	3670	2660	6330
Table 1	Geoff Jukes & Dennis Atkins	5490	4090	9580
SUN 10.30	Tony Jenner & Rick Cunningham	5530	710	6240
Table 2	Steven Sheard & Pete Phillips	5120	9730	14850
SUN 10.30	Curt Driver & Mark Brewster	3700	14230	17930
Table 7	Dave Ingram & Henry Brooks	8370	50	8420
SUN 10.30	Myra Hawkins & Janet Burns	2580	3940	6520
Table 8	Darren Ogier & Ian Champion	1700	2190	3890
SUN 10.30	Dave Nielan & John Burch	3800	3250	7050
Table 3	Geoff Powell & Max Dick	1820	2210	4030
SUN 10.30	Nigel Senior & Marcus Chipman	320	2370	2690
Table 4	Kevin Hall & Kevin Tunstall	18200	6460	24660

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The draw for the raffle was done after the Last 16, the raffle raised £480 this year and Chrissie Newson said a very big thank you to Colleen Park for selling all of the tickets.

The Quarter-Finals of both competitions followed....

Main Competition

	QUARTER FINALS
	Players	Game 1	Game 2	Total
SUNDAY
11.15	Leon Beer & Phil Collins	20510	2760	23270
Table 7	Pete Sainsbury & Mike Callanan	0	1600	1600
11.15	Geoff Jukes & Dennis Atkins	250	8610	8860
Table 3	Steven Sheard & Pete Phillips	9980	1500	11480
11.15	Curt Driver & Mark Brewster	5030	11410	16440
Table 5	Myra Hawkins & Janet Burns	8040	2380	10420
11.15	Dave Nielan & John Burch	2040	210	2250
Table 2	Kevin Hall & Kevin Tunstall	8890	14240	23130

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Plate Quarter-Final scores....

	Plate Quarter Finals
	Players	Game 1	Game 2	Total
SUNDAY
11.15	Ron Britton & Dave Mitchell	3380	280	3660
Table 8	Chris Saville & Tony Martin	1860	8780	10640
11.15	Jean Brackenridge & Alan Brackenridge	4940	920	5860
Table 4	Stuart Mepham & Martin Cole	4040	6970	11010
11.15	Phil Osborne & Colin Southouse	7140	4370	11510
Table 6	Craig Carlson & Derek Latham	2700	7770	10470
11.15	Adam Ingram & Danielle Chewings	1450	830	2280
Table 1	Bert Lovegrove & Paul Butcher	2560	2660	5220

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Main Semi-Final results....

12.15	Leon Beer & Phil Collins	7840	7890	8450	0	24180	3
Table 1	Steven Sheard & Pete Phillips	2890	1660	650	0	5200	0
12.15	Curt Driver & Mark Brewster	4100	6180	16220	12530	39030	2
Table 8	Kevin Hall & Kevin Tunstall	7600	9100	100	860	17660	2

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Plate Semi-Final Results....

12.15	Chris Saville & Tony Martin	6260	0	3350	8230	17840	3
Table 5	Stuart Mepham & Martin Cole	4470	18990	3230	2320	29010	1
12.15	Phil Osborne & Colin Southouse	9230	13820	9270	6400	38720	4
Table 2	Bert Lovegrove & Paul Butcher	950	460	2980	1620	6010	0

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Congratulations to Leon Beer & Phil Collins who won the AEBBA Pairs today.

Scores from the final below....

1.45	Leon Beer & Phil Collins	16040	12560	9550	0	38150	3
Table 4	Curt Driver & Mark Brewster	70	3690	0	0	3760	0

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A close match in the Plate Final....

	Plate Final
	Players	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	TOTAL
1.45	Chris Saville & Tony Martin	1820	5250	10450	3390	20910	1
Table 1	Phil Osborne & Colin Southouse	8620	7640	2200	6270	24730	3

Cpngratulations to Colin and Phil on their victory.

A good end to a very enjoyable weekend.

[Chris]

A great weekend !!!

A superb job Dave, you were brilliant Cannot thank you enough

Superbly assisted by Colleen

to you both - an absolutely great team !!


Well done to all the winners. Everyone that took part deserves a huge thank you.


Great to see the Guernsey contingency making a great debut in this competition

[H]

I for one had a thoroughly enjoyable weekend.

Firstly, a big thanks to Chris and Chris for all their hard work in organising the whole thing!

Thank you to all the staff at the Queens for looking after us so well.

A big well done to Colleen on doing so brilliantly with the raffle.

Thank you to everyone else who was involved in any way and helped out, but a special mention to Dave Ingram for stepping in at short notice to run the desk and for such a fantastic job in keeping everything up to date as we went along (most notably, the Jersey-esque live updates on the forum).

Finally a big congratulations to Leon and Phil who were on fire from start to finish, and to Colin and Phil for their brilliant plate win!

[gandalf the untidy]

I echo henry and chrises comments, a handful of heros made the whole event enjoyable, speaking as a first timer who had never entered due to disagreeing with the must be resident policy. I have to advise everyone yet to have a go, that I found the weekend package at the queens second to none.

I strongly recommend that others shouldgive it a try next time, there was a quiz on night 1 and horse racing on night 2 laid on by the hotel, which is also a spa so there was a pool , jacuzzi, steam room, sauna and other treatments available which were sampled by the missus while I was "wasting time" playing bbs.

There's also lots on in town if you fancied an alternative option in the evening.

So all in all very satisfied and am looking forward to next year already.
PS had plenty of practice on savs dover and deal top in reception, before and after chocies cue tip replacement post 1st game. Didn't stop me leaving it behind , thanks to bbw for looking after it untill we rondez vous at the fish tomorrow


Regs cs

[SirKT]

Congratulations to Phil & Leon on a very deserved win. Would love to have played them in the final but just fell short.
Thanks to all the organisers for a very well run weekend.
The Queens as always was a great venue and the staff were all very helpful.

[bigtj]

Congratulations top the winners and well done Dave and Colleen stepping in at the hour of need and running a very good and smooth weekend, the hotel once again excellent. Thanks to those unsung heroes who transported the tables set them up and prepared everything for the weekend and to those who spend a lot of time organising the whole package.

[shaggy]

Congratulations to Phil & Leon for winning the main comp & also to Phil & Colin for winning the plate.

A very big WELL DONE to Dave & Colleen for stepping in & making sure everyone knew who they were playing & on what table - you guys did a GREAT job

Thanks to Chris for allocating us a great room

A great weekend for bar billiards (shame I'm not playing well!!) - Looking forward to next year

[gandalf the untidy]

See the astins erberts modelling the new BB look for the summer, sure there will be plenty of copy cats on view at the Oxford Open

No copyright indicated so have lifted for Timeline 3 of 3.

[Chris_Sav]

The weekend went well and I hope all enjoyed themselves. There were a couple of problems over rooming requirements which showed improved entry forms will be needed next year. Unfortunately the resulting room swaps the hotel made were not as directed by me and resulted in knock-on problems for which I apologise. The hotel is looking much better as they work through a major refurbishment and the staff were excellent.

Tables played well after a very long setting up process. Thanks to Dennis Atkins and Mike Callanan in particular and the others who helped. Table seven (AEBBA 2) was difficult, as always, on Saturday but I managed to draw its teeth by lifting the front right corner and there were big breaks including a 20k on Sunday on it. The problem lies in a convex slate at the front right and I will ask Dave Alder not to use this as one of the front eight. Four tables have cloth damage through what appear to be coin toss nicks, all in the front left quadrant of the table. Please make sure coins are not tossed onto the playing surface. Thanks to those who helped take them down this year.

Obviously thanks are due to Dave and Colleen for stepping in after Dave Alder's boss was taken ill.

The schedule was rewritten by me to remove the problem that always occurs in the plate when players qualify for the plate in the second round after an unexpected bye and find themselves on the same table. It also allowed table allocations up to and including the quarter finals, a round further than normal. Two extra rounds were needed with the additional entries and there was AEBBA discussion over Nigel's decision to play one on Saturday and one (last 16) on Sunday. That will be discussed more before next year.

Practice table was well used with 77 games on it. We will look at the same next year.

Van drives well though it must be carpeted to prevent damage to the tables. Problems that need to be dealt with include windscreen wiper blades, rear door lock and broken passenger mirror.

A couple of non residents who made last minute bookings elsewhere in the final few days, as we could not accommodate them, were allowed to substitute for missing players by the AEBBA committee. Rooms were still available when entries closed so no players who wished to stay at the hotel were turned away during the registration period. This was an emergency decision made within the framework of the rules so that others' weekends were not spoiled by not having opponents or partners. The same will apply next year in that residency will be compulsory whilst accommodation is available at the hotel, If the hotel is full before the closing date then residency elsewhere will be allowed. Our first responsibility must be to support the hotel that provides the sponsorship.

The good news is that the hotel have agreed on a price freeze for a third year, so get your bookings in early next year as we expect to be close on full.

Thank you to all who made it such a tremendous weekend.

Chris Saville.

[milhouse]

Mar 10, 2015 10:05:48 GMT Chris_Sav said:

A couple of non residents who made last minute bookings elsewhere in the final few days, as we could not accommodate them, were allowed to substitute for missing players by the AEBBA committee. Rooms were still available when entries closed so no players who wished to stay at the hotel were turned away during the registration period. This was an emergency decision made within the framework of the rules so that others' weekends were not spoiled by not having opponents or partners. The same will apply next year in that residency will be compulsory whilst accommodation is available at the hotel, If the hotel is full before the closing date then residency elsewhere will be allowed. Our first responsibility must be to support the hotel that provides the sponsorship.

Confused?! When did this rule get changed? I was under the impression that the rule that got passed at the AE AGM was that you could only play in the competition if you stayed at the Queens hotel?
If this rule has been changed, could someone like to enlighten me as to when as i was at both AGM's and never heard of this stipulation being in place? If i would have known about this, then i may have entered the competition, along with some other people.....

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Mar 11, 2015 0:20:19 GMT milhouse said:

Mar 10, 2015 10:05:48 GMT Chris_Sav said:

A couple of non residents who made last minute bookings elsewhere in the final few days, as we could not accommodate them, were allowed to substitute for missing players by the AEBBA committee. Rooms were still available when entries closed so no players who wished to stay at the hotel were turned away during the registration period. This was an emergency decision made within the framework of the rules so that others' weekends were not spoiled by not having opponents or partners. The same will apply next year in that residency will be compulsory whilst accommodation is available at the hotel, If the hotel is full before the closing date then residency elsewhere will be allowed. Our first responsibility must be to support the hotel that provides the sponsorship.

Confused?! When did this rule get changed? I was under the impression that the rule that got passed at the AE AGM was that you could only play in the competition if you stayed at the Queens hotel?
If this rule has been changed, could someone like to enlighten me as to when as i was at both AGM's and never heard of this stipulation being in place? If i would have known about this, then i may have entered the competition, along with some other people.....

Hi Mark,

Here is the full wording of the rule that covers this:-

18) Playing in the National Pairs (currently in Bournemouth) will be conditional upon residency at the hotel where the competition is being held, provided that rooms are available. Compulsory residency to commence from 2015.

The 3 players that were allowed to take the place of the people that had dropped out in the last few days were either already staying at Queens Hotel or had tried to book via AEBBA (after the closing date) when there were no available rooms left at the hotel. As the rule clearly covers this possibility, after a brief discussion, the AEBBA Committee agreed that they should be allowed to play in the competition.